Maria Mota

Biography

Publications

• Sexual differentiation in human malaria parasites is regulated by competition between phospholipid metabolism and histone methylation.

  Harris CT, Tong X, Campelo R, Marreiros IM, Vanheer LN, Nahiyaan N, Zuzarte-Luís VA, Deitsch KW, Mota MM, Rhee KY, Kafsack BFC, Harris CT, Tong X, Campelo R, Marreiros IM, Vanheer LN, Nahiyaan N, Zuzarte-Luís VA, Deitsch KW, Mota MM, Rhee KY, Kafsack BFC, Harris CT, Tong X, Campelo R, Marreiros IM, Vanheer LN, Nahiyaan N, Zuzarte-Luís VA, Deitsch KW, Mota MM, Rhee KY, Kafsack BFC. Nat Microbiol 2023 07

• The nutrient games - Plasmodium metabolism during hepatic development.

  Lahree A, Mello-Vieira J, Mota MM. Trends Parasitol 2023 06

• A non-canonical sensing pathway mediates Plasmodium adaptation to amino acid deficiency.

  Marreiros IM, Marques S, Parreira A, Mastrodomenico V, Mounce BC, Harris CT, Kafsack BF, Billker O, Zuzarte-Luís V, Mota MM. Commun Biol 2023 02 21

• Interplay between liver and blood stages of Plasmodium infection dictates malaria severity via ?d T cells and IL-17-promoted stress erythropoiesis.

  Chora ÂF, Marques S, Gonçalves JL, Lima P, Gomes da Costa D, Fernandez-Ruiz D, Marreiros MI, Ruivo P, Carvalho T, Ribeiro RM, Serre K, Heath WR, Silva-Santos B, Tate AT, Mota MM. Immunity 2023 03 14

• A spatiotemporally resolved single-cell atlas of the Plasmodium liver stage.

  Afriat A, Zuzarte-Luís V, Bahar Halpern K, Buchauer L, Marques S, Chora ÂF, Lahree A, Amit I, Mota MM, Itzkovitz S. Nature 2022